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What's the oldest piece of tech you still have running? (suppo.fi)

submitted 11 months ago by bartolomeo@suppo.fi to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And tell me how proud of it you are.

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[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

If it's not just the battery finally giving out, it might be the thermal goop on the CPU / GPU. Late IBM Thinkpads could eat fans annually. Early Lenovo models can't be all that different. Thermal cycling is a rude source of stress... as is the sudden end of routine thermal cycling.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Also the BIOS battery. At least some from the late 90s refuse to do anything if the Bios battery is dead.

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